Garrett, Herbert

1897 - 1973  (75 years)

• Name	Garrett, Herbert
  Birth	15 Oct 1897	Lancing, Morgan, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jun 1973	Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA
  Obituary	13 Jun 1973	The Tampa Tribune
  	GARRETT Mr. Herbert Garrett, 75, of 8217 Klondyke Street, Tampa, passed away Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from the Chapel of the F. T. Blount Company Funeral Home, 5101 Nebraska Avenue, with Rev. E. Earl Hartman, pastor of the Davis Island Community Church, officiating. Pallbearers will be Steve Dondero, Walter Heath, Hugh McCall, Lon Almond, Lee Roberts and Michael McClain. Honorary bearers will be Dr. Clyde Tyner, F. M. Joyner, Walker Brown, O. L. Roberts, Ronnie Smith and Lee DeBunk. Interment will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery where Masonic graveside services will be conducted by Memorial Lodge 20, F. & A. M. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that gifts be made to the American Cancer Society, 2708 West Kennedy Blvd., Tampa 33609, in his memory. The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday night from 7:30 to 8:30. A native of Morgan County, Tennessee, Mr. Garrett had lived in the Tampa Bay Area 47 years. He was a member of the Spencer Memorial Baptist Church; the Emerald Lodge 377 F. & A. M., Wartburg, Tenn.; the Knights Templar, York Rite Masons, Cookeville, Tenn.; the American Legion Post 98; the Disabled American Veterans Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars; the National Letter Carriers Association and he was a retired Letter Carrier. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances O. Garrett, Tampa; one son, Howard L. Garrett, Tampa; one daughter, Mrs. Irene Duckworth, St. Petersburg, Fla.; three brothers, Lee Garrett, Vancouver, British Columbia, Elbert Garrett and Charles Garrett, both of Wartburg, Tenn.; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Moore, Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. Dove Buxton, Wartburg, Tenn., and Mrs. Ada Bowers, Johnson City; four grandchildren, Mrs. Patricia Perrow, St. Petersburg, Fla., Mrs. Gloria McClain, Atlanta, Ga., Miss Howarden Garrett and Miss Leslie Garrett, both of Tampa; two great-grandchildren, Kelly Dondero and Charles Dondero, both of St. Petersburg, Florida.
  Burial	14 Jun 1973	Garden of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: William Hines Garrett,   b. 21 Jul 1827, Tennessee, USA d. 11 Mar 1918, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA Maternal Line: Laura Alice Jones,   b. 24 Nov 1870, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA d. 28 Mar 1947, Lancing, Morgan, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I1717	Fritz/Fritts
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Garrett, Daniel,   b. 30 Jul 1865, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA d. 9 Jul 1937, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Jones, Laura Alice,   b. 24 Nov 1870, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA d. 28 Mar 1947, Lancing, Morgan, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Adams, Frances Olia,   b. 10 Mar 1901, Tennessee, USA d. 28 Sep 1980, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1921	Morgan County, Tennessee, USA
  Divorce	4 Apr 1973	Pinellas, Florida, USA
  Children	1. Garrett, Hazel Irene,   b. 17 Oct 1921, Cookville, Putnam, Tennessee, USA d. 30 May 1979 (Age 57 years)  [Father: Birth]   2. Garrett, Herbert Kenneth,   b. abut 1923   d. 5 Jan 1943, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (Age 20 years)  [Father: Birth]   3. Garrett, Howard,   b. 7 Jul 1929, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA d. 2 Feb 2009, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: Birth]
  Family ID	F560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2026

  
  

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